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Good Woman had a Hen that laid her Every Day an Egg. Now he fancy'd to her elfe, that upon a Larger Allowance of Corn, This Hen might be brought in time to lay twice a day. She Try'd the Experiment; but the Hen grew Fat upon’t, and gave quite over Laying.

NE that was Bitten by a Dog, was Advis'd, as the Bet Remedy in the World, to Dip a Piece of Bread in the Bloud of the Wound, and give it the Dog to Eate. [Pray hold Your Hand a little (ays the Man) unles y'ave a mind to Draw All the Dogs in the Town upon me; For That will Certainly be the End on’t, when they hall find themelves Rewarded intead of Punih’d.